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The INDEPENDENT, June 2, 2011
Between the Bookends
By Susan Cackler, Library Assistant
Banks Public Library
Signups for summer reading
are underway. Ages 0-18 can
sign up at the library and re-
ceive incentives including a
free ticket to a Portland Tim-
bers Reserve Team Game on
August 21, a Bullwinkle’s
coupon for free miniature golf,
and a chance to earn free rides
at the Washington County Fair.
Readers who meet their goal will be eligible for a free
book, a ticket to a Portland Trail Blazer game and an
invitation to the Oaks Park Celebration on August 10.
Adult readers can also participate and will be eligi-
ble for a weekly drawing. Signups will continue through
July 15 and the first day to turn in reading records will
be August 1. All records must be turned in by August
31.
Summer reading events at Banks Public Library this
summer will kick off with BJ the Clown on June 23 at
2:00 p.m. Don’t miss everyone’s favorite clown! Other
events will follow on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. on June
30, July 14, July 21, and possibly July 28. Also, on
Wednesday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m., there will be a spe-
cial event for teens with the Mid-City Breakers doing a
break dance performance.
Check wccls.org for summer reading events at oth-
er libraries.
If you’re wondering how to make sure your young
child is ready for school next fall, or doesn’t lose skills
learned this year, try checking out our Early Readers
collection. Some books, like those in the “We Read
Phonics Collection”, include many helpful tips for how
parents can help their child learn to be a successful
reader. Books in our Early Reader collection cover
many different subjects and range in difficulty from the
very simple to independent reading. Summer Reading
can be an important part of maintaining and building
your child’s skills over the summer!
Join us for craft night Wednesday, June 8 from 6:00
to 9:00 p.m. in the community room. Enjoy some live-
ly conversation while you work on your favorite craft.
Come and meet some new friends or visit with old
ones while using the library’s work space and enjoying
some light snacks. You may find knitters, scrapbook-
ers, quilters and maybe even a tatter or two. If you
would like to be on an e-mail reminder list for craft
night, call the library with your name and e-mail.
Do you have a youngster who needs something to
do on Wednesday morning? Story time at the library
could be the answer to what to do. Our reader, Miss
Cathy, picks a few stories around a theme each week
and shares these stories with the children in an enter-
taining, engaging way. Join us for Preschool Story
Time on Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m. in the community
room of the library. Story Time is designed for children
aged three to six, but younger siblings are welcome.
The themes for June are:
June 1: Dancing Dinos
June 8: Farm Critters
June 15: My Dad
June 22: Big Blue Sea
June 29: Yum Yum
The Friends of the Banks Public Library can always
use your support. You can make a tax deductible do-
nation, become a member, or volunteer. Money that
the Friends raise helps the library purchase Cultural
Passes,
upgrade equipment and purchase books and movies.
Also, we take donations of books that are in good con-
dition.
On the Shelf:
My Neck Hurts! Nonsurgical Treatments for Neck
and Upper Back Pain by Martin T. Taylor, DO, PhD. If
you have neck pain and you are like most people, you
want to know how to relieve the pain without having
surgery. This user-friendly guide will help you work
with your health care providers to find an effective
treatment. The book looks at the causes of pain and
the many possible therapies, including exercise, ultra-
sound, traction and others. It is written in an approach-
able style with clear illustrations.
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. In this nov-
el, Brooks, author of Year of Wonders, again takes a
shard of little-known history and brings it to life. She
creates a tale of passion and belief, magic and adven-
ture from the few facts that survive of the extraordinary
life of the first Native American graduate of Harvard
College in 1665. Most of the novel is set in Martha’s
Vineyard and is told from the point of view of Bethia
Mayfield, a young girl growing up in a small group of
Puritans. At 12, she meets Caleb, the young son of a
chieftain, and the two forge a secret bond that draws
each into the alien world of the other. As Bethia fights
for the right for a voice in a society that requires her si-
lence, she also becomes entangled in Caleb’s struggle
to bridge the intellectual and cultural divides of their
two cultures.
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht. Obreht was select-
ed as one of The New Yorker’s twenty best American
fiction writers under 40. In a Balkan country mending
from years of conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, is on a
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Banks Public Library: 111 Market Street.
Hours: Mon., Fri., Sat., 11 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Tue., Wed., Thu., 11 a.m.-7:00
p.m.
Preschool Story Time: Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m.
Phone: (503 ) 324-1382 for information
Internet: www.wccls.org Browse library resources, reserve or
renew materials online. Call for information.
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